Outcome MOZ_D_4.1

By 2026, more people, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised, are protected,enjoy their rights, and benefit from a secure,peaceful environment, enabled by inclusive governance systems, and independent and accountable institutions abiding by the rule of law (CF 4)

Significant progress was made in 2023 towards achievement of the expected outcome. One of the main milestones has been increasing capacity of 487 women and girls affected by conflict including representative from women and youth organizations and networks from Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Manica, Niassa, Tete, Zambezia, Sofala and Maputo provinces to actively participate, contribute to, lead and benefit from peace, security and recovery processes trough training programmers at national and grassroot levels. This achievement was possible through 3 different approaches as follows: 1) Training for women sentinels for peace and conflict Resolution and Management. Ninety (90) women affected by conflict, including women gender advocates and representatives from women-led organizations in 30 - Cabo Delgado Province (Montepuez district), 30- Nampula Province (Meconta district), 30- Sofala Province (Chibabava district), benefited from Training for women sentinels for peace and conflict Resolution and Management. The training aimed at strengthening women's capacity to identify, assess and report human rights violations, conflicts or violence using cell phones. The use of cellphones will facilitate real-time reporting of human rights violations and conflicts, contributing to faster responses and interventions by authorities and humanitarian organizations and thereby effectively promoting the safety of women and peacebuilding within communities. fifteen (15) of the trained women will become Peace Sentinels, monitoring the security of women and their communities. 2) Training on women peace and security to Women Leader and Representative of Women's organizations and Networks in Mozambique A total of 91 Women Leaders and representatives of Women's Organizations and Networks in Mozambique and gender equality activists from various provinces of Mozambique (Cabo Delgado, Manica, Sofala, Niassa, Zambezia, Tete, Nampula, Inhambane) from which 64 participate in person and 27 virtually, enhanced their knowledge on WPS through a training on women peace and security frameworks. The training aimed to develop the capacity of women leaders to improve their understanding of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, consolidating and strengthening the Women, Peace and Security movement in Mozambique and thus contributing to peacebuilding, social cohesion and national reconciliation. The training covered topics related to the WPS Agenda, the international regional and national frameworks, and key strategies for implementing the agenda at different levels. The sessions also served to share experiences, success stories, best practices, opportunities, and priorities of women for implementing the Women Peace and Security Agenda in Mozambique which included, among others: 1) Localize the Women Peace and Security agenda at the grassroots level, 2)The need to strengthen the WPS movement at all levels, participating in peacebuilding, social cohesion, and national reconciliation. To propel the identified priorities forward, participants committed to apply their knowledge to implement WPS programming, address gender insensitivity in relief and recovery efforts, and actively contribute to the upcoming evaluation and development of second generation of National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security processes as well to ensure equal and effective participation of women in the 2024 general elections. 3) International solidarity camp on Women Peace and Security and Political Participation To further complement these efforts, the project fostered the South-South and North-South exchanges of experiences between women-led organizations on promoting the WPS Agenda. To this end, two days, international solidarity camp led by the women movement - Grupo de Partilha de Ideias de Sofala (Women's Network group) were promoted. The Solidarity Camp brought together 297 women from Mozambique specifically from (Inhambane, Sofala, Manica, Tete, Nampula and Cabo Delgado) and 4 women from PALOP countries mainly Guiné-Bissau (1), Cabo Verde (1), São Tome e Príncipe (1) e Angola (1). The camp offered an open, safe and united space for women to cross-fertilize their knowledge and create alternatives and proposals that they deem pertinent for the construction of a sustainable peace. As a result, the women drafted a manifesto of the PALOP women that expresses the needs, concerns, and recommendations of Women in the Peace and Security context which has been shared with local government, CSOs and funding partners. As results of the key recommendations presented in the manifesto, the Local government has been delivering literacy programme for women affected by conflict in Cabo Delgado and Sofala provinces. In addition, UN Women has contributed to increase dialogues on Women, Peace and Security as well as awareness on Global and National norms and policies of women and girls affected by conflict as well as partners, by organizing multistakeholder dialogues and consultations, conducted at both the national as well as at grassroots level through community dialogues. One of the outstanding dialogue was “ The Women Peace and Security strategic Dialogue with women Leaders ”, organized in Maputo, bringing together sixty and three (63) influential women leaders consisted of UN Resident Coordinator of Mozambique, the Country Representative of UN Women Mozambique, Women Ambassadors from the SADC region, parliamentarians, judges, commissioners, religious leaders, representative from national commission of election, journalists, young women, managers and representative of Mozambican civil society and women organizations including representatives from women networks working on Women Peace and Security from Cape Verde and Angola were engaged on a Strategic Dialogue on WPS. The strategic dialogue provided a multi-stakeholders platform to collaboratively address pressing challenges and reshape strategies to advance the Women, Peace, and Security agenda in Mozambique. The Dialogue brought key insights to rethink and strengthen the movement, emphasizing the importance of crafting a clear agenda, forming multiple Task Teams for women active engagement, building a critical mass of supporters at different levels, and strategic planning. In aligment with the above efforts, the CO visibly contributed to increasing development of knowledge products on WPS in Mozambique by producing and disseminating 10 knowledge products on WPS, namely: (3 Briefs, 1 Manifesto from International Solidarity Camp, 2 Flyers of NAP implementation, 1 article on the Conference on WPS held in Cabo Delgado, 1 Brief on Women, Peace and Security Training for Women Leaders, and 3 human stories, which one of them was published at UN Women Africa Website and further exposed in the Global Photo Exhibition Campaign in New York- Inside Out [1] . Zareta Story at the Global Photo Exhibition Campaign- Inside Out , Peace Begins with Her (insideoutproject.net) To contribute to strengthening national coordination on WPS and enhancing the visibility of the collective efforts of existing women's groups, organizations, and networks dedicated to WPS, 63 organizations actively working in this domain out of which 94% were led by women from all the 11 provinces of Mozambique were indentified trough a Mapping excercise. The Mapping has brought to the forefront the commendable efforts, initiatives and outcomes of numerous organizations from all provinces of Mozambique, dedicated to advancing the WPS agenda. The outcomes of the mapping exercise are currently being utilized by the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Action, civil society a crucial data base of stakeholders to be engaged during the evaluation of the National Action Plan of Women Peace and Security (NAP) for the period 2018-2022 as well as crafting the second-generation Women Peace and Security NAP for Mozambique.

By 2026, more people, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised, are protected,enjoy their rights, and benefit from a secure,peaceful environment, enabled by inclusive governance systems, and independent and accountable institutions abiding by the rule of law (CF 4)

This has been a remarkable year for UN Women Mozambique and its partners in contributing for a more secure and peaceful enviroment enabled by inclusive governance systems. A two folded strategy was adopted, working with government institutions and also with community members at all levels. Government The CO continued working with the Ministry of Gender, Ministry of National Defense to advance the Women Peace and Security Agenda by running a nationwide consultation process that led to the validation of the the II NAPWPS expected to be approved by the Council of Ministries in early 2025. Additionally, the CO continued engaging with the Ministry of National Defense in turning the military more gender responsive by conducting a Gender Analysis of the Defense Sector, training military staff in Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), Communities, women and girls Eight hundred and twelve (812) women and young women aged 18 to 63 year old were empowered to leading conflict prevention, peacebuilding and recovery initiated at community level. Namely: 240 - women, recognized as Peace Sentinels for their pivotal roles in fostering peace, and managing conflicts in their communities across eight districts : (Chiúre-30, Montepuez-30, Ancuabe-30 in Cabo Delgado Province, Meconta-30 in Nampula Province, Chibabava-30, Nhamatanda-30, Cheringoma -30 in Sofala Province, and Bárue-30 in Manica Province). Through the knowledge gained, these Peace Sentinels have achieved the following: 21 women peace sentinels have managed to identify and assist 20 cases of VAWG by referring them to the local authorities (community courts, community leaders) in the districts of Ancuabe and Chiure, 13 cases of VAWG and 2 of land conflicts in Montepuez were also identified and assisted for resolution, 5 reports concerning the recruitment of young men via local mosques were done to the authorities, leading to the arrest of 20 young men involved in these activities, created 55 women-friendly safe spaces which serve as safe heavens where women can find assistance, exchange experiences, and access essential services and resources , conducted door-to-door campaigns to educate families on reporting any suspicious behaviours that could incite conflict, successfully reaching a total of 1,558 individuals (663 Women (18+); 482 Men (18+); 389 Boys (10-17); and 24 Girls (10-17)). 17 individuals (15 women and 2 men) recognized and trained as Peace Champions in Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Sofala, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Niassa, Sofala, and Tete Provinces, ranging in age from 25 to 70 years old, 555 women (out of 589 participants) participated in the national consultation meeting co-organized by women´s organizations, networks and movement from all the provinces under the coordination of the national Women´s Forum (Forum Mulher). The consultation process resulted in the Declaration of Collective Action on women and elections outlining key concerns on political participation and leadership, including of demands to elections management entities, political actors, and key advocacy messages for a civic education campaign to mobilize women to vote for gender equality in the 2024 elections. The Declaration and key messages were further disseminated by the women who participated in the consultations trough community debate, door to door campaing, training sessions. Some of the women were acredited to be VAWE observers and monitors during the election.